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AJ Allmendinger will once again team up with Michael Shank Racing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

AJ Allmendinger returns to Rolex 24 with Michael Shank Racing

The full-time NASCAR driver will pilot a Acura NSX GT3 in the IMSA opener

December 11, 2017

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After a one-year time out, AJ Allmendinger will return to the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

The former IndyCar winner turned full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver for JTG Daugherty Racing will once again freelance for Michael Shank Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series season-opener at the Daytona International Speedway on January 27-28.

Allmendinger has sporadically driven for Shank since the 2006 season, winning the 2012 Rolex 24 in a Daytona Prototype. This time around, Allmendinger will split the No. 93 Acura NSX GT3 in the GTD class with Justin Marks, Lawson Aschenbach and Mario Farnbacher.

"I am pumped to be back racing for Shank in the (Rolex) 24. I missed the race last year and I hated to, so I’m really glad to be back," Allmendinger said in a press release. "His whole team did an awesome job with the Acura last year and it is awesome to be back with him for the Rolex. After racing for the overall win so many years in Prototypes, it will be a completely different experience to be racing in the GTD class, but I’m looking forward to it.

"Mike (Shank) always puts an awesome team together and this year is no different so I am counting down to get my first shot in this car."